Self-publishing (self-publishing) has increased about 4 times in the past 5 years

ByEmily Carlin

A report that the number of books published by "self publishing (self-publishing)" that the author creates and sells books themselves by about 4 times in the five years from 2006 to 2011 is reported in the publication market survey CompanyBaukerAnnounced. This number is a combination of printed books and e-books (e-books), especially the growth of e-books is remarkable.

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In 2007, Amazon launched the e-book reader "Kindle", but at the same time it launched at the same time "Digital Text Platform (DTP)" which electronic publication can be done for free. Authors have traditionally borrowed costs to make books "Self-published publicationThere was, but here is the side of business by the publisher "It gets a fee from the author and prepares a book" is strong,Frequent reports of troubles between author and publisherIt was done. But if Amazon had only a manuscriptISBN codeExcluding the acquisition fee, electronic publication can be done without fee, we paid margin only when selling, opened a hole in self-publishing.

According to Bauker, the number of publications (books + e-books) self-published in the country in the USA is 235,000 titles, which is 287% higher than 2006. Both books and e-books are increasing as genres, and the growth rate is particularly pronounced in e-books.

The number of titles of self-published books in 2011 is 148,424 according to Bauker's survey. This is 43% of the entire book. Also, e-books with 87,020 titles, 63% of self-publishing books, are 129% higher than 2006. Since printing is 33% higher than 2006, e-books are literally growing by orders of magnitude. The spread of this self-publishing is a movement since 2007, and it shows how much influence the start of DTP service by Amazon had.

Self-publishing, which seems to be somewhat non mainstream, with the image of self-published publishing business as mentioned above, but in fact it is made up of a handful of major companies.

For example, in 2011 Self-Publishing Book (Printed Book) Share No. 1CreateSpacePublished a book of 58,412 titles. This is 39% of self-published books. Self-publishing e-book share 1stSmashwordsThere are 40, 608 titles published electronically. This corresponds to 47% of the entire self-published e-book. other than this,Author SolutionsThere are 40,7094 titles combined with books and e-books, similarly Lulu Enterprises publishes 38,055 titles, and the above four companies account for 90% of the market share.

If the annual number of publications is less than 10 titles, it will be classified as a small publisher, but the titles of companies classified here are a total of 30, 4107 titles (20,525 books and 12,851 e-books) I will. Between 2006 and 2011, the number of titles of small publishers has also increased by 74% for books, but in the same period CreateSpace has increased by 1702%.

"Self-publishing is now supported by a structure that can obtain books at the cutting-edge and easy," Bauker's Beat Barblan commented. "Publication is offered fairly to the artist candidate who wants to share a story with someone at an unprecedented level.This is no longer only for professional publishers, but self publication is for bookstores In the corner of the corner, we are entering the mainstream.In the easy-to-understand success story, for example, the name of the author who issued the book by self publication is listed on the bestseller list of the e-book listed in the New York Times It is. "

For self-publishing authors, the next issue is how to deliver to influencers (who will spread), but according to Bauker's consumer-oriented survey, If you post an excerpt on it, use customer reviews, recommended bookshops etc., you can effectively deliver to more readers.

In addition, we explain concretely how to do this self-publishing abroad "I do not need a publisher anymore - How to make a bestseller by Kindle · POD · Self Publishing -From there yesterdayAmazon's Kindle where reservations began even in JapanCoupled with it, it is expected that this trend will accelerate in Japan.